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February 25, 2021
Classical Music, Opera, Opera
features

Margaret Atwood and Jake Heggie tackle gender-based violence in bold new song cycle

The work is the brainchild of baritone Joshua Hopkins whose sister was murdered in 2015.

February 23, 2021
Classical Music, Opera, Opera
Live Review

Review: Tosca (Opera Australia)

Carmen Giannattasio makes an impressive Opera Australia debut in John Bell’s dramatic production.

February 22, 2021
Classical Music, Opera, Opera
news

Cast named for Opera Australia’s 2021 Brisbane Ring Cycle

Lise Lindstrom will play Brünnhilde in the first two cycles, while Australians will make role debuts as Brünnhilde and Wotan.

February 22, 2021
Classical Music, Opera, Opera
Live Review

Review: The Little Mermaid (Freeze Frame Opera, Perth Festival)

Freeze Frame Opera presents an operatic Play School and has a whale of a time.

February 22, 2021
Classical Music, Dance, Opera, Opera
Book Review

Review: Kristian Fredrikson: Designer (Michelle Potter)

A splendid life and times of an Australian theatrical design icon.

February 22, 2021
Classical Music, Opera, Opera
features

5 Questions for Daniel Sumegi

Ahead of his performance as Bluebeard for Opera Australia, the bass tells Limelight about the challenges of the role, singing in Hungarian, and his casting as Wotan in the upcoming Ring Cycle.

February 18, 2021
Classical Music, Opera, Opera
news

Opera Australia offers $20 Tosca tickets for first-timers

The company has set aside 2,000 tickets to John Bell’s monumental Tosca for people who have not previously purchased tickets for an Opera Australia performance.

February 16, 2021
Classical Music, Opera, Opera
news

Rory Jeffes to leave Opera Australia

Insisting he has “no unhappiness with Opera Australia”, Jeffes says the “extraordinarily difficult decision” to resign as CEO is very much “a personal decision”.

February 15, 2021
Opera
CD and Other Review

Review: August Enna: Kleopatra (Danish National Opera)

Danish Cleopatra is a curiosity if a long-winded one.

February 14, 2021
Opera
CD and Other Review

Review: Delalande: Les Fontaines de Versailles, Le Concert d’Esculape

Lively Bostonian band recreates Sun King’s watersports and more.

February 12, 2021
Classical Music, Opera, Opera
CD and Other Review

Review: Malcolm Arnold: The Dancing Master

Malcolm Arnold's frothy operatic trifle rediscovered – and about time.

February 11, 2021
Classical Music, Opera, Opera
features

Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen’s dream role

Ahead of his Australian debut as Oberon at the Adelaide Festival, the Brooklyn-born countertenor talks to Limelight about faith, politics, and how a raffle ticket changed his life.

February 11, 2021
Opera
CD and Other Review

Review: John Eccles: Semele (Academy of Ancient Music)

Before there was Handel there was John Eccles and a truly English opera.

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